Tetuko Adi : Anaplan is a Fairly Complete Tool Because Everything can be done from Planning to Financial Analysis

Initially, Tetuko Adi, one of the Business Intelligence project team at ED-SEN Consulting, did not have any experience in Anaplan. While learning Anaplan through the Level 1, Level 2, and Anaplan Way certifications that he just took, Tetuko slowly started to get to know and learn what the Anaplan platform looks like. 

"I started from the basics, really an amateur who previously did not understand what planning and forecasting looked like," said Tetuko. 

According to Tetuko, the certification material at Level 1 is not too technical and there are many case studies and basic knowledge about Anaplan. "In Level 1, we learn what Anaplan is, what Anaplan's best practice is," said Tetuko. 

At the beginning of this certification, Tetuko admitted that it was difficult for him to learn Anaplan was a new thing for him. "I am basic in coding and Anaplan is basic in Excel and formulas," said Tetuko. 

Tetuko explained that for Level 1 Anaplan certification, there is only one exam, namely at the end of the material. However, for Level 1, the material is not as technical as when he entered Level 2. 

For Level 2, Tetuko admits that the level of difficulty is more than Level 1 because there are many case studies here. "At Level 1 we are still being guided, the step-by-step is clear. So for Level 2, we are required to analyze by Anaplan,” said Tetuko. 

For Level 1 and Level 2, this is also interrelated as all the material we learn at level 1 will be continued at Level 2. For Level 2, the exam is per sprint. There are 3 sprints that we have to do and finally, we have a conclusion test whose material comes from Level 1 and Level 2. 

After completing Level 2, lastly, just take the Anaplan Way. In this Anaplan Way there are no exams and only contains quizzes. Anaplan Way contains training related to our preparation if we want to implement Anaplan in the project. "The model is like best practice if the project implements Anaplan, what does it look like in terms of project management," Tetuko said. 

In addition, in this Anaplan Way we are also taught what if we encounter a problem in implementing Anaplan in the Project and how to find a solution. 

Tetuko added that in the Anaplan Way there is also a timeline template and an interview template with users as well as everything related to users in the field. "In Anaplan Way, there are only cases," said Tetuko. 

Tetuko believes that Anaplan is a fairly complete tool because everything can be done by Anaplan from planning to financial analysis. "For example, the management in the company wants to make a decision, Anaplan has a dashboard that can see the company's performance." Tetuko said. 

Meanwhile, from the end-user side, it is also complete, including the forecasting feature in it. “If the previous user is familiar with Excel it will be very easy to migrate to Anaplan.” Tetuko said. 

In terms of stability and performance, Anaplan which is based on the cloud whenever we want to use it is always smooth and there are never any problems. "In terms of performance, it is also very good," said Tetuko. 

Tetuko hopes that from this certification if one day he is asked to help with an Anaplan project at a client, he will be better prepared to help the team working on the Anaplan project. 

Meanwhile, for ED-SEN Consulting, Tetuko hopes that with more team members taking the certification, ED-SEN Consulting's selling point in front of clients will increase and become more valuable for the company because it has certified human resources. 

The Anaplan Certification Program itself is a program from ED-SEN Consulting as the official partner of Anaplan in Indonesia. In this program, the Anaplan project team is required to take the certification to have in-depth knowledge of Anaplan. In addition, this certification also helps facilitate the performance of the team that implements Anaplan on the client. 
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In addition, the Anaplan certification also aims to make the Anaplan ED-SEN Consulting project team as Anaplan's official partner in Indonesia already certified and eligible to implement Anaplan in companies that are clients of ED-SEN Consulting.